Whole transcriptome analysis of Aedes albopictus mosquito head and thorax post-chikungunya virus infection
Vedururu, Ravi Kiran, Neave, Matthew J., Sundaramoorthy, Vinod, Green, Diane, Harper, Jennifer A., Gorry, Paul R., Duchemin, Jean-Bernard and Paradkar, Prasad N. 2019, Whole transcriptome analysis of Aedes albopictus mosquito head and thorax post-chikungunya virus infection, Pathogens, vol. 8, no. 3, Special Issue: Chikungunya Virus Infections, pp. 1-12, doi: 10.3390/pathogens8030132.
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Whole transcriptome analysis of Aedes albopictus mosquito head and thorax post-chikungunya virus infection
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes and causes prolonged arthralgia in patients. After crossing the mosquito midgut barrier, the virus disseminates to tissues including the head and salivary glands. To better understand the interaction between Aedes albopictus and CHIKV, we performed RNASeq analysis on pools of mosquito heads and parts of the thorax 8 days post infection, which identified 159 differentially expressed transcripts in infected mosquitos compared to uninfected controls. After validation using RT-qPCR (reverse transcriptase-quantitative polymerase chain reaction), inhibitor of Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTKi), which has previously been shown to be anti-inflammatory in mammals after viral infection, was further evaluated for its functional significance. Knockdown of BTKi using double-stranded RNA in a mosquito cell line showed no significant difference in viral RNA or infectivity titer. However, BTKi gene knocked-down cells showed increased apoptosis 24 hours post-infection compared with control cells, suggesting involvement of BTKi in the mosquito response to viral infection. Since BTK in mammals promotes an inflammatory response and has been shown to be involved in osteoclastogenesis, a hallmark of CHIKV pathogenesis, our results suggest a possible conserved mechanism at play between mosquitoes and mammals. Taken together, these results will add to our understanding of Aedes Albopictus interactions with CHIKV.
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